Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of the period, students will be able to...

  • analyze and summarize text as evidenced by pre-reading, reading and annotating.

Homework Due Today:

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  1. None.

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  1. Bring your binder and supplies to class every day.
  2. PHON Vocabulary Quiz on Friday!

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  • What is rationalism?
  • How did rationalism influence texts?
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Agenda
Daily Learning Log- Hand out at beginning of class.
  • update learning log with today's learning target(s), homework and reminders.
  1. PHON Quiz
  2. Speech to the Virginia Convention- Patrick Henry- continue from Mon.
    1. Pre-Reading- Title, Author, Genre- Label each on handout
    2. Read aloud first page with students to identify appeal to emotion and reason.
    3. Set Purpose for Reading: To identify methods of persuasion in Henry's speech.
    4. Number the Paragraphs
    5. Read aloud as a class to mark the text, stopping during each section to follow the directions in the margins.
  3. Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth: Giving support to the Bald Eagle Painting by Abijah Canfield 1800, Gouche on Glass
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1. What images or symbols do you see in the painting that represents the United States of America?
2. How would you describe Canfield’s depiction of the bald eagle and Liberty? What details do you find most interesting?
3. What techniques does Canfield use to suggest that the future looks positive for the new nation?
4. What do you think is the significance of Liberty offering a symbolic drink from a goblet to the bald eagle?
5. What might have been the artist’s reason for portraying Liberty as the Goddess of Youth?
6. What does the painting indicate about the nature of the American Dream around 1800?
7. Do you think Patrick Henry would have considered the painting to be a persuasive illustration for his arguments before the Virginia Convention? Why or why not?
8. In what way does the painting indicate that Liberty’s feet are guided by “the lamp of experience” as Henry claims his are?
9. How might the painting represent Henry’s hopes?